Combination spacer anchor having a frangible head portion



June 25, 1963 s. B. TOPF 3,094,892

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BEJAM Bil OP United ates 3,094,892 COMBINATEON SPACER ANCHOR HAVING AFRANGIBLE HEAD PORTION Sam B. Topf, Coral Gables, Fla, assignor toJordan Industries, Inc, Miami, Fla a corporation of Florida Filed Mar.31, 1960, Ser. No. 19,036 1 Claim. (Cl. 852.4)

This invention relates to anchors and is more particularly directed to acombination spacer anchor primarily for peg boards.

A principal object of the present invention is to provide an anchordevice which permits one to secure a peg board on a wall at a certainspaced distance therefrom to permit the insertion of holders on the pegboard.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a wall anchordevice with a shoulder thereon which when inserted in an appropriatehole on the wall will xtend a predetermined distance beyond the surfaceof the wall.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a combinationanchor and spacer device which is molded of plastic and the like in anintegral unit and which is inexpensive in cost of manufacture andreadily applied to a wall for the purpose of securing a peg board to thewall in predetermined spaced relation.

With these and other objects in view, the invention will be bestunderstood from a consideration of the fol lowing detailed descriptiontaken in connection with the accompanying drawing forming a part of thisspecification, with the understanding, however, that the invention isnot confined to any strict conformity with the showing of the drawingbut may be changed or modified so long as such changes or modificationsmark no material departure from the salient features of the invention asexpressed in the appended claims.

In the drawing:

FIGURE 1 is a fragmentary cross sectional View taken along the line 1-1of FIGURE 2 showing my combination spacer anchor mounted in position ona wall for securing a peg board thereto.

FIGURE 2 is a front elevational View thereof.

FIGURE 3 is an enlarged side elevational view of my spacer anchor.

FIGURE 4 is a top plan view thereof.

FIGURE 5 is a longitudinal cross sectional view of my spacer anchor.

Referring to the drawing wherein like numerals are used to designatesimilar parts throughout the several views, the numeral refers to myspacer anchor used as shown by FIGURES 1 and 2 to support and secure apeg board 11 to a Wall 12 as shown. It can be readily noted that the pegboard 11 must be mounted in spaced relation with the wall 12 in order topermit the insertion of hangers or pegs 13 in the bores or holes 14- inthe peg board 11.

The combination spacer anchor 10 preferably made of plastic consists ofa cylindrical body portion 15 which tapers slightly in the direction ofa rounded end portion 16. About the body portion 15 there are aplurality of peripheral grooves 17 forming a series of spaced ridges 18which assist in securing the anchor 10 in position as is explainedhereinafter. There is a pair of oppositely disposed slots 19 whichextends longitudinally 3,094,892 Patented June 25, 1963 of the bodyportion 15 from adjacent one end to therounded end 16.

At the head portion of the anchor 10 there is integrally attachedthereto a spacer portion 20 of cylin drical configuration. The spacerportion 20 is of larger diameter than that of the body portion 15 so asto form a shoulder '21 in order to prevent any of the spacer por-' tion20 from entering into the bore in the wall that is formed to receive theanchor 10.

The outer surface of the spacer portion 20 is scored as at 22 to permitbreaking olf a part of the spacer portion at one of the selectedscorings 22, thereby reducing the width of the spacer portion andconsequently the distance the peg board 11 is maintained in spacedrelation with the wall 12.

The anchor device It) is provided with a longitudinally disposed bore 23which is of constant diameter within the spacer portion 20 and thentapers inwardly as at 24 to adjacent the rounded end 16 to leave theotherwise separated halves of the body portion 15 joined together at therounded end 16 as at 25.

When it is desired to mount the peg board 11 on a wall 12, holes 30 arebored in appropriate places on the wall '12. Then the combination spaceranchors 10 are inserted in the holes 30'. The spacer portion 20 willabut against the outside surface of the wall 21. The peg board 11 is nowplaced against the spacer portions 20 of the anchors 10 and a screw 31is placed in a bore 32 in the peg board 11 and threaded into the bore 23of the anchor device 10. As the screw enters the bore 24, the two halvesof the body portion 15 are forced apart separating at the portion 25 andthe ridges 18 imbed themselves into the sides of the bore 30 as bestshown by FIGURE 1. The peg board '11 becomes securely fastened to thewall 12 but is maintained the desired distance from the wall 12 topermit the pegs 13 to be inserted in the bores 14 in the peg board 11.The dotted line showing of the peg 13 indicates the amount of spaceneeded behind the peg board 11 to permit the pegs 13 to be positioned inthe holes 14. The width of the space can be varied by cutting the spacerportion 20 of the anchor device 10 at the appropriate scoring mark 22.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the UnitedStates is:

A combination spacer-anchor device comprising an elongated body portionhaving an axis, said elongated body portion being tapered in thedirection of one end and having a rounded end portion at said one end, aplurality of alternating ridges and grooves formed transversely of saidbody portion adjacent said rounded end portion, a pair of opposed slotsextending longitudinally from adjacent said one end to adjacent theother end said rounded end portion being joined together, a spacerportion mounted on said other end of said elongated body portion, saidspacer portion being larger in diameter than said elongated body portionthereby forming a shoulder adapted to abut against the outside surfaceof a wall in which said device is mounted, an axially disposed boreextending through said body portion and said spacer portion forreceiving a screw bolt, said bore being of constant diameter in saidspacer portion and of decreasing diameter in the direction of saidrounded end portion, and a plurality of peripheral V-shaped 10 Hess Dec.15, 1925 4 Adams July 27, 1937 Cornell Mar. 15, 1938 Guarnieri June 6,1950 Parker Nov. 18, 1952 FOREIGN PATENTS Great Britain June 26, 1947Great Britain Dec. 24, 1952 Switzerland Apr. 15, 1957

